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AFB ACCESSWORLD ®
Technology and People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
 September 2003 Issue  Volume 4  Number 5
Cover Photo: Photograph of Harvey Miller at the computer using both a piano keyboard and a QWERTY computer keyboard.

Caption: Harvey Miller, a recent retiree, composes at the computer.

In This Issue . . .

Editor's Page

Retired but Still Inspired

They retired young. How are they using technology to chase their dreams?—Deborah Kendrick

Enlarging the View: ZoomText and MAGic Screen-Magnification Software, Part 2

The review of the latest screen magnifiers from the user's perspective continues with MAGic 8.02 and ZoomText 8.0—Amy Salmon and Doug Anzlovar

Conquering the Code: A Review of the BrailleMaster

How successful is this "talking pegboard" in teaching the basics of the braille code?—Ike Presley

Shaping the Future of Assistive Technology Training

Find out why Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, Wisconsin, is the place to go to become a credentialed assistive technology trainer—Amy Waldman

Web Sites That Take You Places: Accessing Travel Web Sites with Low Vision

Is traveling around the web site harder than traveling to your vacation? Check out four of the leading travel web sites—Sarah Lesko and Jim Denham

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Editor in Chief Jay D. Leventhal
Contributing Editors Paul Schroeder, Senior Editor
Crista Earl
Deborah Kendrick
Mark M. Uslan
Managing Editor Ellen Bilofsky
Associate Editor Rebecca Burrichter

AccessWorld is published bi-monthly by AFB Press, American Foundation for the Blind, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, NY 10001. Products included in AccessWorld are not necessarily endorsed by AccessWorld or AFB staff.

All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2003 American Foundation for the Blind.

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Photo on cover: Harvey Miller, recent retiree, composes at the computer.


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